Basic Motors this yr is predicted to discontinue two subcompact crossovers that have been as soon as amongst its prime sellers: the Buick Encore and Chevrolet Trax.

GM will finish manufacturing of each South Korea-built crossovers in August, mentioned Sam Fiorani, vice chairman of worldwide automobile forecasting at AutoForecast Options.

GM Authority reported the tip of manufacturing earlier.

Each crossovers overlap with barely bigger siblings throughout the subcompact section: the Buick Encore GX and the Chevy Trailblazer, which went on sale in 2020.

“As a substitute of updating the subcompact crossovers, GM went a step additional and addressed the shortcomings of those fashionable fashions,” Fiorani mentioned. “With their longer wheelbases, the Encore GX and Trailblazer sport extra rear-seat room and extra cargo house in a bundle that is only some inches longer.”

GM spokeswoman Kellie Van Maele didn’t immediately affirm the tip of Trax and Encore output.

Chevy will proceed to promote 5 crossovers, and Buick will proceed to promote 4, she mentioned.

“Past that, we can’t affirm future product plans right now.”

U.S. gross sales of the Trax plunged 60 % to 42,590 final yr, whereas Trailblazer quantity greater than doubled to 90,161, in accordance with the Automotive Information Analysis & Information Middle.

Encore deliveries within the U.S. fell 52 % to twenty,072, whereas Encore GX quantity rose 59 % to 71,247.

Gross sales of each the Trax and Encore peaked at greater than 100,000 in 2019, when the Trax ranked second and the Encore third within the subcompact crossover section, behind the top-selling Subaru Crosstrek.

The Trax and Encore went on sale within the U.S. in 2013 and ranked excessive within the section for a number of years. The Trax remained within the prime 4 till final yr, when the Trailblazer grew to become No. 3 and outsold the Trax by greater than 47,000 automobiles.

The Encore was within the prime 4 till 2020, when the Encore GX debuted. The Encore was Buick’s top-selling nameplate from 2015 to 2020, when the Encore GX outsold its predecessor by about 3,000. In 2021, the GX outpaced the Encore by greater than 50,000 automobiles.